title: [Prognostic value of EEG in acute posttraumatic coma (author's transl)].
abstract: To evaluate the prognostic power of a single EEG-record, the recordings of 50 patients with posttraumatic coma performed within 48 hours after the injury were compared with the outcome after 6 months. A 5-point scale comprising 2 EEG-patterns being notorious for their dismal prognostic significance (suppression bursts, alpha-coma) and changes of vigilance were used as a mean of visual assessment of the recordings. In 24 out of the 28 patients with a bad outcome, the EEG had shown the patterns of category I, II and III (suppression bursts, alpha coma, no changes of vigilance). Of the 22 patients with a good outcome, the EEG had been classified as IV or V (clearly discernible changes of vigilance, sleep patterns). Further findings of particular dismal prognostic significance were focal epileptic discharges, as 9 out of the 11 patients with this EEG pattern had not survived the posttraumatic coma for more than 6 months.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001143:Arousal / Q000502:physiology; D001288:Attention / Q000502:physiology; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000503:physiopathology; D003128:Coma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D004569:Electroencephalography / Q000379:methods*; D005071:Evoked Potentials; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D012894:Sleep Stages / Q000502:physiology
vernacular_title: Die prognostische Bedeutung des EEG beim akuten posttraumatischen Koma.